Partition



L. L. LEVENE Feb. s, 1938,

PARTITION Filed'Dec. 9, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN/VEA/TOR 100/5 L. [fl ENE.

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L. L. LEVENE PARTITION Filed Dec. 9, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet; 2

Lou/5 Z. AEKE/VE' A TTORNE Y Patented Feb. 8, 1938 Q UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE PARTITION Louis L. Leven e, Merrick, N. Y. I Application December 9, 1933, Serial No. 701,626 5 Claims. (01. 72-46) I The invention herein disclosed relates to building partitions of the type which are built in sections at a factory and assembled on the field.

The advantages of mass production have not 5 heretofore been generally available to the building industry except in connection with temporary, non-bearing partition walls for dividing space into various offices or rooms. The common partition wall of this type, however, does not have the advantages of a solid plastic wall nor the strength to enter into the building as a stressbearing part thereof. More recently, there has been used removable partitions which have practically all of the advantages of solid plaster par- 15 titions and which are built in the factory and assembled on the field. These latter wall partitions are not, however, suitable as stress-bearing mem bers;-they are only suitable for dividing space into various rooms.

20 In partition structures embodying this invention, the parts thereof may be manufactured in sections at the factory and assembled on the field, and partitions made up of the sections so made and so assembled may be used as stress- 25 hearing members and enter in, as an integral part, of the supporting superstructure of the building. In accordance with the invention, there is provided a wall section which includes a block of plastic material having about the edges thereof' adjacent edges of contiguous wall sections is provided for stiffening or stress-bearing members which support the wall sections and also enter in to the building structure as a stress-bearing 40 part thereof.

In one form of my invention, wall sections are formed of gypsum slabs cast to any desired thickness. Molded into this slab of plastic material, there is a continuous frame about the perimeter 45 thereof. This frame is a channel-shaped iron having a continuous longitudinal central projection adapted to cooperate with securing means in securing the edge of the slab to an adjacent edge of a, contiguous wallsection or-to some other 50 member. such as a door frame or end wall.

In anassembled wall, these wall sections are secured together by clips which extend between the edges of contiguous wall sections and grip the central projection of the frame. The clips hold 55 the wall sections in spaced relation both vertically horizontally and vertically. The space between and horizontally. Strategicallylocated in certain of the spaces between the edges of the wall sections, there is mounted structural steel I beams which enter in to the structure of the building as the stress-bearing members. A wall section of this type is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described immediately below from which illustration and description a clearer understanding of the invention may be had.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a wall assembled in'accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a section'taken along the line 2-4 of Fig. 1; f Fig. 3'is a ivertical section taken along the line and Fig. 4 is a section of one of the wall sections taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The wall I shown in the drawings is assembled from wall sections made in accordance with this invention. The wall is an interior wall and has a door 2 therein. That portion of the wall to the I left of the door is made up of two wall sections 3 and l'mcunted vertically one upon the other, a base 5 and horizontal and vertical filler members. The wall section 3 is. connected by a section 6 across the top of the doorto a section I on the opposite side of the door. The section I together with a section 8 form that portion of the wall p to the right of the door. Each of the wall sections consists'of a cast gypsum slab having a frame member about the edges-thereof. 'As illustrated in Fig. 4, the slab 3 has a continuous channelshaped steel frame 4' extending around the edge thereof and molded therein. ,The channel-shaped member has formed in the web thereof a continuous longitudinal central projection l'a'which is provided for securing the adjacent edges of contiguous wall sections together.

The several wall sections forming the wall I are identical. The adjacent edges of the wall sections 3 and 4 are secured together by a clip.

" There are a series of these'clips connecting together each adjacent edge of contiguous wall sections. The clip includes two' elements 9a and 9b each having a central offset portion and end portions secured in clamping relation to the projections l'a on the frame elements of the wall sections 3 and l. The clip elements are secured 5 together by machine screws Illa and 10b and maintain these wall sections in spaced relation.

In the space provided betweenv the wall sec-, tions and between the offset portions of the elements 9a and 9110f the clips, there is mounted 2 aromas a structural steel I-beam II which extendshoriz'ontally of the'wall I between the sections 3 and 4. The I-beam is secured in place by the clips.

bearing supports or columns and are located in the wall sections 3 and 4 together.

number and position in accordance with the vertical'load to be supported by the wall. The horizontal stress-bearing members such as the member II are located in accordance with the desired lateral strength of the wall and the vertical load.

As illustrated in Fig. 3, the lower end of the wall is received between spaced pre-cast concrete base members l4 and IS. The lower end of the wall is mounted upon a support It between these base members and resting upon the floor, shims l1 being provided for leveling the wall. The upper end of the wall is secured by means of semi-clips l3 to an element I3 identical with the frame elements 4 extending around the wall sections. The clips I8 extend between the central projection I30 on the element l9 and each of the vertical I-beams I2 and I3. The element I9 is secured to the ceiling and assists in securing the wall against lateral displacement. The space between the surface of the two adjacent wall sections 3 and 4 is closed by fillers 20 and 2| which extend along the'wall sections. The Joints between the fillers and the wall sections are filled in with gypsum cement. Similar fillers 22 and 23 extend between the upper edge of the wall section 3 and the ceiling.

The frame 2a of the door 2 is provided along its side and upper edges with a frame element 2b similar to that which surrounds the edge of. a wall section. The edges of the wall sections 3 and 4 are secured to the central projectionlc of this frame element in the same manner and by clips 24 similar to those securing the edges of The clips of course clamp the vertical I-beam l3 in place and secure the walls to this I-beam. Vertical filler members 25 and 26 such as the filler mei'nbers 20 and 2| enclose the joint between two adjacent wall sections or the wall sections 3 and 4 and the door frame.

The vertical edges of the wall sections 3 and 4 may be secured to the end wall in the same manner as the horizontal upper edges are secured to the ceiling. The space, however, may vary and various sized filler members are provided to fill in the space between the edge of the wall and itsadjoining wall. .In the wall shown,

a vertical anchor member 21, similar to the member l3, extends between thefloor and the ceiling. The frame members on the side edges of the sections 3 and 4 are secured to this vertical anchor member by clips 23; similar to the clips 3, which clips 23 also clamp the I-column l2. A like member 23 is secured to the end wall.

Extending between the members 21 and 29 there are vertical filler members 30 and. 3i and in ad-' dition, there are provided vertical flreprooflng fillers 32 and 33 which close the space between the filler members and the members 21 and 29. When the joints between the sections of the wall are filled with gypsum cement, the wall provides a solid stress-bearing wall which can be removed if desired or changed to suit particular conditions, proper stress-bearing elements being pro- ,vided' to take the place of those in the wall shown.

It will be seen that the construction described immediately above provides a wall, the parts of which can be made up at the factory, and shipped to the job where they may be assembled into walls, floors or ceilings. In this way the. advantage of solid walls of plastic material is obtained without any of the disadvantages of the common portable partitions.

It will be obvious that various changes may be made by those skilled in the art in the details of the construction illustrated in the drawings and described immediately above within the principle and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A partition comprising a plurality of partition sections, each partition section comprising a molded block of solid material and a member molded in the edge thereof and including a protruding portion of lesserwidth: than the block, and clips for securing the partition sections having jaws clampingthe protruding portion of the members molded in the edges of the "partition sections.

2. A partition comprising a plurality of vertical and horizontal I-beams, a plurality of par-.

tition sections, each partition section comprising a molded block of solid material and a member molded in the edge thereof, and including a protruding portion of lesser width than the block, and clips for securing the partition sections together and to the I-beams, the clips having jaws clamping the protruding portion of the members molded in the edges of the partition sections.

3. A partition section comprising a molded block and a continuous, cimcumambient member of less width than the thickness of the block molded in the block of material atv the edge thereof and including a central protruding portion and a recessed channel portion on each side of the protruding portion.

4. A partition section comprising a molded block and a member of lesser width than the thickness of the block molded in the block and embracing a corner of the block. the member ineluding a continuous central protruding portion and a recessed channel portion on each side of the protruding portion.

5. A partition comprising a plurality of partition sections, each partition section comprisinga molded'block and a member of less width than the thickness of the block molded in the block. 4

truding portions of adjacent blocks for securing the blocks together.

LOUIS L.'LEVENE.. 

